(Ref: CARLSBAD CURRENT-ARGUS, Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico, dated for Sunday, December 17, 1950, front page, reads as follows:
T.O. (DAD) HOOD
DIES IN HOSPITAL
T.O. (Dad) Hood, 81, of 303 South Maple, a resident of the Carlsbad area for 26 years and a familiar figure on his bicycle died Saturday afternoon in a local hospital. He had been hospitalized since Monday noon, when he was stricken with a heart attack in the Southern Union Gas Company office.
Born near Little Rock, Ark., he married Lizzie Valentine in 1901 at Randolph, Fannin County, Tex.
They came to this area in 1924. He farmed near Loving for several years, then in 1928 and 1929 was a guide at Carlsbad Caverns and was employed in construction work there. In 1930, the family moved to Carlsbad, and he worked for the city for about five years. He later was custodian at the high school.
In recent years, with a basket, he made rounds in the downtown district and sold candy and gum. Traveling on his bicycle, he was struck by automobiles a number of times, but never suffered more injury than a scratched hand or arm.
Surviving, besides his wife, are two daughters, Tresie Hood, Carlsbad, and Mrs. Thelma Moore, Ontario, Calif.; three sons, Ray, Leslie, and John, all of Carlsbad; three sisters, Mrs Marzie Kirk of Texas; Mrs. Bertha Lewallen, Fort Worth, and Mrs. Mary Wilson, Florence, Tex.; three brothers, Milo, Arbie, and Dallas, all of Texas, and four grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements are pending at West Funeral Home.
T.O. (DAD) HOOD
DIES IN HOSPITAL
T.O. (Dad) Hood, 81, of 303 South Maple, a resident of the Carlsbad area for 26 years and a familiar figure on his bicycle died Saturday afternoon in a local hospital. He had been hospitalized since Monday noon, when he was stricken with a heart attack in the Southern Union Gas Company office.
Born near Little Rock, Ark., he married Lizzie Valentine in 1901 at Randolph, Fannin County, Tex.
They came to this area in 1924. He farmed near Loving for several years, then in 1928 and 1929 was a guide at Carlsbad Caverns and was employed in construction work there. In 1930, the family moved to Carlsbad, and he worked for the city for about five years. He later was custodian at the high school.
In recent years, with a basket, he made rounds in the downtown district and sold candy and gum. Traveling on his bicycle, he was struck by automobiles a number of times, but never suffered more injury than a scratched hand or arm.
Surviving, besides his wife, are two daughters, Tresie Hood, Carlsbad, and Mrs. Thelma Moore, Ontario, Calif.; three sons, Ray, Leslie, and John, all of Carlsbad; three sisters, Mrs Marzie Kirk of Texas; Mrs. Bertha Lewallen, Fort Worth, and Mrs. Mary Wilson, Florence, Tex.; three brothers, Milo, Arbie, and Dallas, all of Texas, and four grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements are pending at West Funeral Home.
(Ref: CARLSBAD CURRENT-ARGUS, Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico, dated for Sunday, December 17, 1950, front page, reads as follows:
T.O. (DAD) HOOD
DIES IN HOSPITAL
T.O. (Dad) Hood, 81, of 303 South Maple, a resident of the Carlsbad area for 26 years and a familiar figure on his bicycle died Saturday afternoon in a local hospital. He had been hospitalized since Monday noon, when he was stricken with a heart attack in the Southern Union Gas Company office.
Born near Little Rock, Ark., he married Lizzie Valentine in 1901 at Randolph, Fannin County, Tex.
They came to this area in 1924. He farmed near Loving for several years, then in 1928 and 1929 was a guide at Carlsbad Caverns and was employed in construction work there. In 1930, the family moved to Carlsbad, and he worked for the city for about five years. He later was custodian at the high school.
In recent years, with a basket, he made rounds in the downtown district and sold candy and gum. Traveling on his bicycle, he was struck by automobiles a number of times, but never suffered more injury than a scratched hand or arm.
Surviving, besides his wife, are two daughters, Tresie Hood, Carlsbad, and Mrs. Thelma Moore, Ontario, Calif.; three sons, Ray, Leslie, and John, all of Carlsbad; three sisters, Mrs Marzie Kirk of Texas; Mrs. Bertha Lewallen, Fort Worth, and Mrs. Mary Wilson, Florence, Tex.; three brothers, Milo, Arbie, and Dallas, all of Texas, and four grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements are pending at West Funeral Home.
T.O. (DAD) HOOD
DIES IN HOSPITAL
T.O. (Dad) Hood, 81, of 303 South Maple, a resident of the Carlsbad area for 26 years and a familiar figure on his bicycle died Saturday afternoon in a local hospital. He had been hospitalized since Monday noon, when he was stricken with a heart attack in the Southern Union Gas Company office.
Born near Little Rock, Ark., he married Lizzie Valentine in 1901 at Randolph, Fannin County, Tex.
They came to this area in 1924. He farmed near Loving for several years, then in 1928 and 1929 was a guide at Carlsbad Caverns and was employed in construction work there. In 1930, the family moved to Carlsbad, and he worked for the city for about five years. He later was custodian at the high school.
In recent years, with a basket, he made rounds in the downtown district and sold candy and gum. Traveling on his bicycle, he was struck by automobiles a number of times, but never suffered more injury than a scratched hand or arm.
Surviving, besides his wife, are two daughters, Tresie Hood, Carlsbad, and Mrs. Thelma Moore, Ontario, Calif.; three sons, Ray, Leslie, and John, all of Carlsbad; three sisters, Mrs Marzie Kirk of Texas; Mrs. Bertha Lewallen, Fort Worth, and Mrs. Mary Wilson, Florence, Tex.; three brothers, Milo, Arbie, and Dallas, all of Texas, and four grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements are pending at West Funeral Home.
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